Abs and Lizzie

Our journey to Bangkok was expected to be smooth, however, we did hit a few bumps along the way but we cleared them with backpackers style. Firstly, we waited over an hour and a half for our first bus which when it finally turned up we wished we were waiting for the next one. Extremely grimy, broken air conditioning system and overall just an uncomfortable couple of hours. We pulled up in Poipet and believed we would be boarding a minibus with a guide to take us across the border. Upon enquiring about the location of our next bus we were disappointingly met with negative answers. A man told us 'not my company, take tuk-tuk'. Out of options we took the tuk tuk which was a little different again as it was like a side cart ... read more

This update is slightly later then anticipated but we have finally got round to making a new entry. So much has happened since we last communicated with you all that I think a very brief account focusing on the highlights is appropriate. I believe we were in Shanghai last which is now exactly three weeks ago. From there we went to Xi'an on another horrendous night train but I feel we are adapting. In Xi'an the higlight has to be The Terracotta Warriors, although the chinese massage is a close run second after the train journey. Unfortunately you cannot get as close to the Warriors as you would like to, visitors view them from above on a walk way that surrounds their pit; nevertheless they are very impressive, the detail is incredible. Next we flew to ... read more

The boat brought us to Phnom Penh at about 3pm and we met a lovely tuk tuk driver. He took us around a couple of guesthouses and we finally settled on Okay guesthouse. After checking in we went for a mooch around the city, stopping off at a restaurant along the riverside for a couple of fruitshakes. Phnom Penh is a busy city from the locals point of view but we found that, compared with Vietnam it wasn't so busy on the tourism front. The following day our tuk tuk driver picked us up and took us to see the S21 prison and the Killing fields from the Pol Pot regime. The prison is where they used to torture and question people but all but 14 ended up being taken to the Killing Fields where they ... read more